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Nature at night, written by Lisa Regan

eng

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Nature at night

written by Lisa Regan

Nature at Night goes into the dark corners of forest, jungle and ocean to find organisms that use luminescence for camouflage, mating, warding off predators or attracting prey. One of the organisms is not an animal but is vegetation: Foxfire Fungi glow to attract animals that will eat them and spread their pores through their scat and so help the plant to reproduce. The book includes well-known creatures like Fireflies, Eels and Lanternfish, but also three animals which, it has been recently discovered, use luminescence: Polka-Dot Tree Frogs, the only known amphibian to use biofluorescence; Puffins, which use ultraviolet light to make their beaks glow during courtship; and Hawksbill Turtles, one of the rarest species on our planet and the first reptile seen exhibiting biofluorescence

Dinoflagellate -- Glowworms -- Foxfire fungi -- Click beetle -- Chameleon -- Crocodiles -- Hawsksbill sea turtle -- Jellyfish -- Fimbriated moray eel -- Flashlight fish -- Lizardfish -- Eye-flash squid -- Decapod shrimp -- Polka dot tree frog -- Swallowtail butterfly -- Scorpion -- Aurora -- Firefly -- Octopus -- Atolla Jellyfish -- Lanternfish -- Yellow stingray -- Puffin -- Glossary

juvenile